User blog comment:Gota Morza/The "Warlord" Rebooted/@comment-32303-20140306122555

''Michiko holds up a parchment in her paws and begins reading aloud to the Recorder, quoting it. ''

" 'The first steps. . . First, you take a 1 metre long length of pine wood and hold it in your paws with the end in your shoulder and your paws gripping the wood. This piece will become your crossbow stock. Find a comfortable length and mark on the wood however long you want the stock to be. Also mark where it feels comfortable to put your trigger and handle. The longer your stock is, the more power you will achieve.' " The samurai pauses to take a breath.  "Could you give me a quill and parchment please? I can write the rest of the plans out faster than I can explain verbally. . . ."